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Warsaw Uprising 1944: Poland's Fight Against the Nazis
In the summer of 1944, as the Red Army advanced on Warsaw, the Polish Home Army launched a desperate uprising to liberate the city before Soviet occupation. For 63 days, poorly armed insurgents fought street-by-street against German forces, hoping to seize control and assert Polish sovereignty. This episode explores the strategic decisions behind the uprising, the brutal German retaliation including the massacre of civilians, and the controversial Soviet halt on the Vistula River that sealed the city's fate. We discuss key figures like General Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski and the political…
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